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Golden trumpet tree

Handroanthus chrysotrichus

Also called Yellow Pui

In Singapore: Yellow Trumpet Tree, Golden Trumpet Tree (Grown in Singapore)

Golden trumpet tree
Photo: José Reynaldo da Fonseca, CC BY 2.5

A semi-evergreen tree from Brazil, grown for its showy yellow trumpet flowers that appear in late winter or spring before the new leaves. Give it full sun, well-drained soil and little water once established.

Family
Bignoniaceae (Trumpet-vine family)
Grows as
Tree
Light
Full sun
Water
Water deeply but infrequently, letting the soil dry out between waterings; it is drought tolerant once established.
Soil
Well-drained soil or sandy loam; tolerates poor soils.
Temperature
18–35 °C; protect below 5 °C
How easy
Easy
Native range
Brazil to NE. Argentina
Climate
seasonally dry tropical

About

Handroanthus chrysotrichus, synonym Tabebuia chrysotricha, commonly known as the golden trumpet tree, is a semi-evergreen/semi-deciduous (shedding foliage for a short period in late spring) tree from Brazil. It is very similar to and often confused with Tabebuia ochracea. In Portuguese it is called ipê amarelo and its flower is considered the national flower of Brazil.

Other Handroanthus plants

Handroanthus albus · Araguaney · Guayacan · Pink trumpet tree · Pink trumpet tree · Handroanthus lapacho · Yellow Poui

[Contains information from Leaf Area Index (LAI) and Heritage Trees from data.gov.sg (National Parks Board), made available under the terms of the Singapore Open Data Licence version 1.0]

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Handroanthus chrysotrichus by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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